NEDDylation is involved in hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA encapsidation / 中华实验和临床病毒学杂志
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
; (6): 458-462, 2018.
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Objective@#To investigate the effect of an ubiquitin-like modification NEDDylation on HBV life cycle.@*Methods@#Cells were incubated with various concentrations of MLN4924, which is a selective inhibitor of neural precursor cell-expressed developmentally down regulated 8 (NEDD8) activating enzyme (NAE), to block cellular protein NEDDylation. And a series concentration of lamivudine (LAM), an inhibitor of HBV polymerase was set as control. Then we tested HBV DNA replication, protein expression and nucleocapsids formation. Huh-7 cells were transfected with polymerase-inactivated HBV expression plasmid, then incubated with 0.1 μmol/L MLN4924 or çvehicle-DMSO. Then we tested capsids and capsid-associated RNA.@*Results@#MLN4924 inhibited HBV replication in a dose-dependent manner (0~2 μmol/L). When the concentration of MLN4924 was 0.1 μmol/L, the amount of nucleocapsids in the cells did not change significantly, however the encapsidation of HBV pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) decreased by about 47%.@*Conclusions@#NEDDylation is involved in hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA encapsidation.
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Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
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